or: Steven Moffat's continuing attempt to be Russell T Davies.
alternatively: the first indicators we get that Moffat likes Battlestar Galactica a tad too much (see also that crap next season with the Gangers).
The Doctor gets a message from River Song, which eventually leads him to a Roman camp near Stonehenge. Beneath it, they find the Pandorica, a prison designed to contain a demon or a trickster that comes out of the blue and wrecks your whole day. No, that doesn't sound like anyone we've heard of.
It turns out that Rory is among the Romans, except when Amy remembers him, his sleeper personality comes to the fore and he shoots her, because he's actually a Cylon. I mean, an Auton, but he looks a hell of a lot more Human than they normally do. Meanwhile a ton of baddies show up and imprison the Doctor in the Pandorica. End of episode.
First off, what the hell was that picture of Rory doing in Amy's room? She doesn't remember him, and he's been erased from existence so... er, why is that picture there? You can't have a photograph of someone who was never born! How did the Nestenes raid her memories if she doesn't have any of him?
Also, what the Pandorica contains: something that just shows up out of the blue and spoils your day? Sounds exactly like the Doctor. So really, the only surprise in regards to its contents is that he's not in there already.
Okay, obviously the whole guest-star reunion thing's getting a bit tired and I'm hoping Moffat and co do something different next year. Aside from a throwaway line in The Time Meddler, the series has never done Stonehenge before, so that was a good call.
Now for the big one. The idea of all the villains teaming up to defeat the Doctor... good lord, that's camp.
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